Determining node duty cycle using Q-learning and linear regression for WSN

Wireless sensor network(WSN)is effective for monitoring the target environment,which consists of a large number of sensor nodes of limited energy.An efficient medium access control(MAC)protocol is thus imperative to maximize the energy efficiency and performance of WSN.The most existing MAC protocols are based on the scheduling of sleep and active period of the nodes,and do not consider the relationship between the load condition and performance.In this paper a novel scheme is proposed to properly determine the duty cycle of the WSN nodes according to the load,which employs the Q-leaming technique and function approximation with linear regression.This allows low-latency energy-efficient scheduling for a wide range of traffic conditions,and effectively overcomes the limitation of Q-learning with the problem of continuous state-action space.NS3 simulation reveals that the proposed scheme significantly improves the throughput,latency,and energy efficiency compared to the existing fully active scheme and S-MAC.     

基于子结构的内力约束连续体拓扑优化

通过拓扑优化可以得到传力路径,不同传力路径对应不同内力载荷。如果将内力载荷作为目标或约束进行拓扑优化,可以得到满足不同需求的传力路径,为拓扑优化的发展提供新思路和新方法。为了得到不同内力载荷需求的传力路径,基于子结构法将结构分开使内力暴露出来。以结构质量最小为目标,以内力为约束建立拓扑优化模型,基于独立、连续、映射( independent, continuous, mapping, ICM)方法和单位载荷法将内力显式化,通过累加获得需要控制的传力路径上的内力,通过迭代调整2个路径上的内力使其比值达到一个稳定的值,从而获得满足内力约束的传力路径。算例表明：不同的内力约束可以得到不同的传力路径。     

Effects of foundation damage and water-level change on vibration modal parameters of gravity-type caisson structure

In this paper,the effects of foundation damage and water-level change on vibration characteristics of gravity-type caisson structure are examined by analyzing modal parameters extracted from output-only information.To achieve the objective,the following approaches are implemented.Firstly,vibration response analysis methods are selected to estimate power spectral density and modal parameters such as natural frequency,damping ratio and mode shape of a lab-scale caisson structural system.Secondly,vibration tests on the lab-scale caisson system are performed under a series of test scenarios which include three water-level changes and three damage levels.Thirdly,experimental modal parameters corresponding to the damaging cases as well as the water level cases are extracted by frequency domain decomposition method and stochastic subspace identification method.Finally,the effects of the water-level variation and foundation damage on the extracted modal parameters are examined to assess the feasibility of the vibration-based damage detection in gravity-type caisson structures under water-level uncertainty.     

Across and along-wind responses of tall building

Most modern tall buildings using lighter construction materials are more flexible, which can lead to excessive wind-induced vibrations resulting in occupant discomfort and structural unsafety. It is necessary to predict and mitigate such wind-induced vibration at the preliminary design stage. Fluctuating across and along-wind loads acting on a tall building that could not be formulated theoretically were simulated numerically in the time domain using known across and along-wind load spectra. These simulated wind loads were used to estimate the across and along-wind responses of a tall building, which are less narrow-banded processes, based on the state space variable approach. The simulated across-wind response of root-mean-square value（0.0047） and that of KAREEM＇s（0.0040） and the simulated along-wind response of root-mean-square value（0.021） and that of SOLARI＇s（0.027） were compared. It is found that these are good approximations of closed form responses. Therefore, these numerically simulated across and along-wind loads can be used for across and along-wind responses estimation for the wind-resistant design of a tall building at the preliminary design stage.     

Variable step-size affine projection algorithm based on global speech absence probability for adaptive feedbackcancellation简

A novel approach is proposed for improving adaptive feedback cancellation using a variable step-size affine projection algorithm（VSS-APA） based on global speech absence probability（GSAP）.The variable step-size of the proposed VSS-APA is adjusted according to the GSAP of the current frame.The weight vector of the adaptive filter is updated by the probability of the speech absence.The performance measure of acoustic feedback cancellation is evaluated using normalized misalignment.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach has better performance than the normalized least mean square（NLMS） and the constant step-size affine projection algorithms.     

A hardware-based algorithm for virtual machine provisioning in a private cloud

Cloud computing is becoming a key factor in the market day by day. Therefore, many companies are investing or going to invest in this sector for development of large data centers. These data centers not only consume more energy but also produce greenhouse gases. Because of large amount of power consumption, data center providers go for different types of power generator to increase the profit margin which indirectly affects the environment. Several studies are carried out to reduce the power consumption of a data center. One of the techniques to reduce power consumption is virtualization. After several studies, it is stated that hardware plays a very important role. As the load increases, the power consumption of the CPU is also increased. Therefore, by extending the study of virtualization to reduce the power consumption, a hardware-based algorithm for virtual machine provisioning in a private cloud can significantly improve the performance by considering hardware as one of the important factors.     

贝氏体等温温度对CMnAl-TRIP钢性能的影响

含有磷、铜的CMnAl-TRIP钢板在820℃温度退火2min,然后分别在450℃和400℃贝氏体区等温不同的时间,研究了不同贝氏体等温温度对显微组织、力学性能和残余奥氏体稳定性的影响.结果表明CMnAl-TRIP钢具有优异的力学性能和延展性,450℃等温处理时钢板的各项力学性能优于400℃等温处理,而400℃等温处理试样中残余奥氏体的碳含量高,稳定性高,马氏体总体转变率低,导致低的应变硬化指数n值、均匀伸长率和总体伸长率.     

Microstructural and tribological behavior of TiAlN/MoS2-Ti coatings

1. Introduction The search for a better wear resistant coating has resulted in the development of a class of hard, solid-lubricated coatings. The driving force behind the coating industry was the need to develop a proc-ess that will extend the life of steel machine parts, cutting tools, molding dies, and sliding parts. For example, in the stamping industry, severe abrasive wear and galling (cold metal welding) are expected. There is the need for an efficient application of lu-bricants both for…     

PalmPhasor算法性能的理论分析

模板的安全性和隐私性是掌纹系统实际应用的关键问题,然而生物特征保护的多项指标通常相互冲突并且难以同时满足.作为解决上述冲突的一种可撤销掌纹编码算法,PalmPhasor实现了高效、安全的掌纹认证.建立了系统分析PalmPhasor性能的完整框架.为了便于具体分析,将情景分为4种情况,并且提供了支持相应分析的预备知识,包括辅助定理以及Gabor滤波掌纹图像实部和虚部分布特性.在统计学基础上建立的理论分析和实验结果均表明:即使在用户口令被盗的情况下,多方向分数级融合增强的PalmPhasor算法也可以同时有效地满足可撤销生物特征的4项指标.     

多级蜿蜒磁路式磁流变阻尼器的设计与分析

为了改善磁流变阻尼器的阻尼特性,设计了一种多级蜿蜒磁路式磁流变阻尼器。该磁流变阻尼器通过导磁环和阻磁环的堆叠来引导磁感线的走向,迫使磁感线数次穿过磁流变阻尼器的节流通道,提高了节流通道的利用效率。建立了考虑磁流变液非线性流动特性的数学模型,并通过有限元方法进行了磁路分析,进而对所设计的磁流变阻尼器的特性进行预测。将所设计的磁流变阻尼器的阻尼特性与具有相同体积的传统磁流变阻尼器进行了比较,包括可控阻尼力、等效阻尼和动态范围。结果显示在正弦激励速度为0.125m/s,并通入2.0A电流的情形下,所设计的磁流变阻尼器的最大可控阻尼力为11 000N,约为传统磁流变阻尼器的2.3倍。此外,所设计的磁流变阻尼器并没有使零场情形下的阻尼力增大。所设计的磁流变阻尼器具有优良的阻尼性能,适用于广泛的工程减振应用。